Originally Posted by
bafanguy
Havick,
lvnthedream asked: "Is your mate self funding the FAA ATP? Or is that being covered by PDT?"
I'm not aware of any operators here asking new hires to pay for their own training. Are you ?
There may have been a couple of those in years past but IIRC they were few in number and short lived.
And...you mentioned paying for your "written". Is that an FAA fee for taking the ATP written exam for which Envoy paid to prepare you ? Probably not all that much money ?
I thought the regionals doing the ATP-CTP course in-house also had examining authority to conduct the written themselves.
I'm not paying for anything except the FAA written just like every other new hire. $130 or whatever it was.
Where they send us to do the CTP course didn't have the approval to conduct the written at the time, think they do now but can't be sure so that's why we had to organize it on our own back then. I think as soon as CAE had their testing room set up it was all included.
Think you may have misinterpreted the way I wrote it.
I can't think of any regional that isn't paying for everything except for the FAA written fee.